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Debt and Floor Plan Payable - Additional Information (Detail)		3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended		7 Months Ended
	Sep. 29, 2018 USD ($)	Sep. 29, 2018 USD ($)	Sep. 29, 2018 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2017	Dec. 31, 2018	Mar. 31, 2018 USD ($)
Term Notes [Member] \| LIBOR [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Margin rate			7.40%	6.60%
Stand Alone Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Percentage of restricted cash of issued letters of credit	101.00%	101.00%	101.00%
Obligations Under Industrial Revenue Bonds Due 2029 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Weighted average interest rate	3.90%	3.90%	3.90%
Industrial revenue bonds maturity			2029
Floor Plan Financing Arrangements [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Weighted average interest rate	6.00%	6.00%	6.00%			6.00%
Outstanding borrowings	$ 29,900,000	$ 29,900,000	$ 29,900,000			$ 29,800,000
Available borrowings	47,000,000	47,000,000	$ 47,000,000
Line of Credit Facility, description			Borrowings are secured by the homes and are required to be repaid when the Company sells the home to a customer.
New Credit Agreement [Member] \| Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Revolving credit facility	$ 100,000,000	$ 100,000,000	$ 100,000,000
Weighted average interest rate	4.00%	4.00%	4.00%
Interest rate on borrowings	3.90%
New Credit Agreement [Member] \| Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| Scenario Forecast [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
First lien leverage ratio					2
Revolving credit facility maturity date					Jun. 05, 2023
New Credit Agreement [Member] \| Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| LIBOR [Member] \| Scenario Forecast [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate					1.75%
New Credit Agreement [Member] \| Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| Base Rate [Member] \| Scenario Forecast [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate					0.75%
New Credit Agreement [Member] \| Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| First Lien Net Leverage Equal to Or Greater Than 2.00:1.00 [Member] \| LIBOR [Member] \| Scenario Forecast [Member]
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Basis spread on variable rate					2.25%
New Credit Agreement [Member] \| Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| First Lien Net Leverage Equal to Or Greater Than 2.00:1.00 [Member] \| Base Rate [Member] \| Scenario Forecast [Member]
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Basis spread on variable rate					1.25%
New Credit Agreement [Member] \| Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| First Lien Net Leverage Below 0.50:1.00 [Member] \| LIBOR [Member] \| Scenario Forecast [Member]
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Basis spread on variable rate					1.50%
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Basis spread on variable rate					0.50%
New Credit Agreement [Member] \| Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| Champion Enterprises Holdings, LLC [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Repayments of Long-term Debt			$ 46,900,000
Minimum [Member] \| New Credit Agreement [Member] \| Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| First Lien Net Leverage [Member] \| Scenario Forecast [Member]
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Commitment fee percentage					0.40%
Maximum [Member] \| New Credit Agreement [Member] \| Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| First Lien Net Leverage [Member] \| Scenario Forecast [Member]
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Commitment fee percentage					0.25%
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Weighted average interest rate				2.40%
Weighted average interest rate		3.70%	3.50%
Letter of Credit [Member] \| Stand Alone Facility [Member]
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Letters of credit issued	$ 21,000,000	$ 21,000,000	$ 21,000,000
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Revolving credit facility	45,000,000	45,000,000	45,000,000
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Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Revolving credit facility	$ 45,000,000	$ 45,000,000	$ 45,000,000